Obama

"My Supreme Court nominee" Takes a Cue from "Lost"

So today's  email, subject line "My Supreme Court nominee," from President  Obama may not have been as playful and comprehensive as "Lost" in 8:15, but the multimedia ,e-nnouncement, with eight bonus Organizing videos plus links to Facebook, Twitter and Digg, is all about bringing new people up to speed -- and into the Organizing for America fold.  Even if you missed the first season and its exciting cliffhanger November 4.


 


Documentary Investors Wanted: Citizen Journalists, Activists and Social Change

Fresh off an Obama Organizing Fellowship in the swing state of Missouri, I am (working...quickly! :-) ) to raise funds to produce a documentary film -- FROM DENVER TO NOVEMBER -- about the netroots, its impact on Presidential politics and the potential for a brand new model of social change under an Obama administration.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2740125846_f6dd1fffae_m.jpgEvidence -- plus my own intuition / experience -- suggest an Obama administration can deliver a new model of social change: a parallel path coordinating top-down governmental change with unprecedented community action, efficiently enabled by web technology, social media, and where both citizen activists and citizen journalists play vital roles.


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